JB/028/117/004

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Common Unwritten Law.

"Laws were at present merely oral, or communicated
"from the former ages to the present solely by word
"of mouth. It is true indeed that, in the profound
"ignorance of letters which formerly overspread the
"whole western world, all laws were entirely traditional,
"for this plain reason, that the nations
"among which they prevailed had but little idea
"of writing. Thus the British as well as the Galic
"Druid, committed all their Laws as well as
"learning to memory; and it is said of the primitive
"Saxons here, as well as their brethren
"on the continent, that "Leges solâ memoriâ et
"usu retinebant. But with us at present the monuments
"and evidences of our legal customs are contained
"in the records of the several courts of Justice,
"in books of Reports and judicial decisions,
and in the treatises of learned sages of
"the profession, preserved and handed down to
"us from the times of highest antiquity. However
"I therefore stile these parts of our Law
"Leges non scripta, because their original institution
"and authority are not whi set down in
"writing as Acts of Parliament are, but they
"receive their binding power, and the force of Laws

Identifier: | JB/028/117/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 28.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	028	Main Headings	comment on the commentaries
Folio number	117	Info in main headings field	common law
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / b2 / f3 / b4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
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Notes public		ID Number	9382
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